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All-loop geometry for four-point correlation functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-03 v2

Abstract

In this letter, we consider a positive geometry conjectured to encode the loop integrand of four-point stress-energy correlators in planar N=4\mathcal{N}=4 super Yang-Mills. Beginning with four lines in twistor space, we characterize a positive subspace to which an \ell-loop geometry is attached. The loop geometry then consists of \ell lines in twistor space satisfying positivity conditions among themselves and with respect to the base. Consequently, the loop geometry\textit{loop geometry} can be viewed as fibration over a tree geometry\textit{tree geometry}. The fibration naturally dissects the base into chambers, in which the degree-44 \ell loop form is unique and distinct for each chamber. Interestingly, up to three loops, the chambers are simply organized by the six ordering of x1,22x3,42x^2_{1,2}x^2_{3,4}, x1,42x2,32x^2_{1,4}x^2_{2,3} and x1,32x2,42x^2_{1,3}x^2_{2,4}. We explicitly verify our conjecture by computing the loop-forms in terms of a basis of planar conformal integrals up to =3\ell=3, which indeed yield correct loop integrands for the four-point correlator.

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@article{arxiv.2405.20292,
  title  = {All-loop geometry for four-point correlation functions},
  author = {Song He and Yu-tin Huang and Chia-Kai Kuo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.20292},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

7 pages + 2 figures, version accepted in PRD

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